Sony Releases EverQuest Infographic to Celebrate 15th Anniversary

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of trailblazing MMORPG series EverQuest, Sony Online Entertainment have released an infographic that contrasts many things that differ between then and now.

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Most telling, of course, are two images of royal high elf Firiona Vie placed side-by-side, showing how the series' graphics have changed with advances in technology.

There are some interesting figures too. The original 70 zones that EverQuest launched with eventually swelled to over 1557, and the 13,000 NPCs in the game upon launch now number over 400,000.

The infographic also brings back some rather terrible, non-EQ-related memories of the year 1999. Remember when Alta Vista was the most-used search engine, or when everybody was really into Cher's "Believe"? Boy, we're thankful that those times are over.